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unusual facts about Cerebellum


Robert Franz Schmidt

Between 1970 and 1973, his additional areas of research interest included cerebellar physiology, and from 1972 to 1981, receptor characteristics and central connections in fine muscle afferents, and in 2012, the neurophysiology of nociception and pain, especially in relation to joint pain.


Cerebellar peduncle

Superior cerebellar peduncle - primary output of the cerebellum with mostly fibers carrying information to the midbrain

Gorilla Boss

Sinestro later steals Gorilla Boss' cerebellum, expands it to planet-size, and used it as a power source.

Mihai Ioan Botez

In the 1980s, Botez pioneered studies on the effects of lesions to the cerebellum on cognition, including patients with spinocerebellar ataxia, Friedreich's ataxia, and mice with spontaneous mutations causing cerebellar damage, such as GRID2-Lc Lurcher.

Post viral cerebellar ataxia

Steroids may be needed for swelling (inflammation) of the cerebellum (such as from multiple sclerosis).

Sanford Palay

He and his wife Victoria Chan-Palay carried out detailed analyses of the cerebellum, and this work culminated in the publication of their book


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